SevenOne Media Austria, a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, has acquired the Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls TV after receiving permission for the takeover from the country’s competition authority. Martin Blank, the current managing director of the channel, will be joined by Markus Breitenecker as joint MD.
No financial details have been issued about the takeover of Puls TV, which was previously owned by a group of private investors. The two parties have already been working together for some time, with ProSieben taking a daily breakfast show called Cafe Puls and an evening news show called ProSieben AustriaNews from the channel.